The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-06
LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD
0'Brien Will Be Treated Like Other
Prisoners, and Wear the Uniform.
Reasons Why the Enemies of Church Dis
establishment Should Make Terms with
Gladstone-News from Stanley.
EDITOR O'BRIEN.

He Must Wear the Convicts Uniform-Some
of the Things That May Happen.
DUBLIN, Nov. 5.-The Tullamore prison au-
thorities have ordered that Mr William O'Brien
shall wear the uniform prescribed by the regu-
lations for convicts.
T.P. ellis Special Cable New York Tribune.
The question Oh which every friend OF Mr..
O'Brien is hanging with anxiety is whether mr.
Balfour is going to carry out his vaunt that ne
would treat political prisoners exactly like COM
mon criminals. Mr.. O'Rrien has challenged him
to do so, and has declared that whatever be tho
consequences he will not submit to be so treated
Everybody who understands the resoute char
acter of MIR. OBrien and who knows what pris-
on rules are, knows that unless Mr. Balfour eats
his words and declines the challenge a fearful
struggle must take place, which may have even
fatal ending. The governor of the jail has re-
ferred the question to the Castle, and they have
referred it to Mr.. Bafour, who is away in En-
gland, and up to this evening has not sent a reply.
What happens when the prison rules are carried
out is this: The prisoner is stripped naked In
the presence of the governor and infinitely ex-
amined. He is then made to take bath, his
clothes taken from him, and he is given
striped uniform put This is the first
stage. and Mr. O'Brien declares that this stays
he will resist to the death. He has no objection
to going through all the sufferings and priva-
tions of his imprisonment, but he will So omit to
no indignities He will do no mental Offices,
such as emptying Stops, and he will not associ-
ate with the thieves and pickpockets in the exer-
else yard. They will have literally to tear his
clothes from his back. and then he will remain
naked and die of the cold sooner than put the
prison dress All this will be disobedience. and
for disobedience prisoner is liable
to instant punishment in the dark cells.
These are holes absolutely devoid of light
and cut off from the heat supply of
the prison. Here prisoner may be locked
up for any period. from twenty-fou hours to a
yeak at wi fn06 Init hraa md
water, no bed but plank. and no bed clothes
whatsoever. To-day one of these hideous places
of torture was occupied by female prisoner
serving out three-day sentence. a woman
whose offense was that sho was afflicted with
hysteria. have seldom experienced anything
more painful than the indifference with which
the prison chaplain told US of this. old man
of anti-national prociivities whom over twenty
years of prison service has, l am sorry to think,
rendered as callous as warder She broke
looking glass and tore her Clothes" says he.
mented creatures, when they get into their fits"
This is the sort OF thing they must be pre-
pared to put Mr.. OBrien through if they insist
on carrying OUT the prison rules.
New Scheme for Evading the Police.
Special to the Indfanaoois journal
LONDON. Nov. 5-National League meetings
will be held throughout Ireland tomorrow aud
addressed by John Dillon, Michael Davitt aud
other leaders yet without the bars of the Irish
jas. In order to avoid a collision with the
police a novel experiment will be tried in one of
the proclaimed baronies of Cork county, and, if
successful will no doubt be. generally adopted.
The plan is to have 1000 men mounted on
horses, hold the meeting, and, If interfered with
by the police gallon at the word of command
to a place some distance away and resume the
proceedings, repeating the movements as many
times may be necessary. This will enable
the programme of the meeting to be carried out
in full, while there will be no appearance of
openly defylng the police.